Gmail – Facebook getting search history from Gmail, LinkedIn and Twitter

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Recently, in my Facebook search bar I've noticed it shows "recent searches" that I didn't search on Facebook. For instance, I looked at Paul Graham and Scott Adams' Twitter feeds. This showed up in my Facebook search history:

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I've found searches there from

  1. Gmail (an email draft I made on my phone)
  2. LinkedIn (pages I visited, not searches)
  3. Twitter (Also direct page visits)

Are these sites selling Facebook data?

I've got a decently restricted setup:

  1. iOS, no Facebook app or Messenger. (However, Facebook login is enabled, with access to my calendar.)
  2. I browse on Firefox with NoScript, uMatrix and uBlock origin. I have most things disabled on uMatrix.

How are they doing it, and is there anything further I can do?

Or is it data sales through data gathered by first party scripts?

I'm grateful Facebook is showing this search history from elsewhere so I can see their data sources.

Best Answer

In your

settings/settings/off-Facebook Activity

You will find all the websites that give Facebook your activity. Amazon, google and everyone that you use games etc will give your info to Facebook. That’s why when you search on amazon or google they appear in your feed